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In 1985, freshly hired Bulls general manager Jerry Krause wanted to surround Michael Jordan with shooters and knew the Spurs owed the Bulls $200,000. "I said to the Spurs, 'Keep it and let me take Paxson,' " Krause said, recalling one of his first transactions. "They said, 'Done.' "That's some of the best money we ever spent." Paxson, of course, is John Paxson, whose big shots in his nine-year stint as Jordan's role-playing running partner reside in franchise lore. "The funny thing is, it seemed like every year we tried to find someone better," Bulls Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said. "But we couldn't. He was just...

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